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Species Menecles insertus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Genus Menecles
Species insertus (Menecles insertus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Menecles inserta (spelling)
Size
Circa 18 mm
Identification
A large, brown stink-bug. Compare Menecles (left) with the similar-colored Euschistus (right):



The edges of the pronotum of Menecles are rounded, those of Euschistus rather pointed.
Range
Includes eastern United States. Noted from Minnesota, Illiniois, Massachusetts North Carolina, Massachussetts, Florida
See Also
Euschistus
Print References
Brimley, p. 63--Menecles inserta (1)
Genus/species not listed in Slater, How to Know the True Bugs (2).
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists just one species for that state, inserta, with 33 pinned.
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
2.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 2 June, 2005 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 27 June, 2006 - 10:18am

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